Way to go Pogo!
After the closure announcement I created a character for my wife. My kids wanted nothing more than to see her play. But, with the closure on my mind I thought there should be message in this character. So, I named her character "Save City of Heroes". She played some, which made the kids happy, especially Robbie(8yrs). I moved that character to the Virtue server for the unity rally, since I thought that name would look good for the event.
Just before the rally I received a new gaming laptop. I set it up on a spare desk in my office at home and left it running with that character holding a torch. The day of the unity rally I was working. Then I noticed fighting going on. It was Hamidon, and I moved over here and started fighting. At only 5th level I way able to get 2 hami enhancements. Over the course of the day there were more threats, and we all beat them.
I left that character there on those step every single day. Only leaving the steps to allow the kids to play their characters, or to take Save City of Heroes for a spin. I mainly stayed on those steps. I did my best to encourage others to keep up the good work and asked every single player that passed by to sign the petition to save the game.
I was far from being alone there. Pogo was the almost all the time, as were so many other. The number of dedicated people was huge and there was never a time when the steps were empty, even right after the servers have been restarted.
If anyone is dedicated to City of Heroes it's the hero Pogoman! If you loved the game, you should listen this Friday!
